Vegetable-cutter.



No. 774,065. PATENTED NOV. 1, 1904.

. W. GOBLE.

VEGETABLE CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23.,1904.

NO MODEL.

Patented November 1, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM GOBLE, OF MONON, INDIANA.

VEGETABLE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,065, dated November1, 1904. Application filed May 23. 1904. Serial No 209,159. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, WILLIAu GroBLn, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Monon, in the county of IVhite and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVegetable-Cutters, of which the following is such a full, clear, andexact description as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for making kraut andslaw; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter first fullydescribed and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate the invention,Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device. Fig. 2 is atransverse vertical section on the line 0c :0 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is adetail elevation of the cutting-disk with the knives removed, and Fig. Ais a detail view of one of the bearings for the driving-shaft.

In carrying out my invention I employ a box 1, which is adapted to reston top of a barrel or other receptacle. In the bottom of this box is anopening 2, and within the box immediately adjacent to and at one side ofthis opening I provide a transverse partition 3. In the upper edge ofthis partition and in.

one end of the box are notches in which the driving-shaft 1 rests, theshaft being held in the notches by blocks or caps 5, pivoted on the boxend and partition, respectively, and adapted to swing over the shaft andbe locked in position by buttons or latches 6, as will be readilyunderstood. The inner end of the driving-shaft terminates over theopening 2 in the bottom of the box and carries the cutter-disk 7. Thisdisk is constructed with two eccentrically-disposed curved slots 8,which are arranged on opposite sides of its center and have their wallsflared or beveled, while the face of the disk is formed in twooppositely inclined or beveled surfaces, each of which constitutesone-half of the disk. The knives 9 are adjustably secured to theseinclined portions of the disk by means of screws 10, inserted throughslots 11 in the knives,

and the knives have outer curved edges 12 of about the same curvature asthe periphery of the disk, the straight edge 13 extending inward fromone end of the said curved edge an inner curved cutting edge 14:extending from the straight edge 13 nearly to the opposite end of thecurved edge 12, the short intervening portion of the knife being formedinto a lip 15, engaging the overhanging shoulder presented by the higherend of the inclined portion of the face of the disk. Power is applied tothe driving-shaft at the outer end of the same,- and as it rotates theknives on the cutting-disk are caused to take into the vegetables orother material in the box and cut away slices of the same, which fallthrough the opening in the bottom of the box. The material to be cut isforced to and against the cutting-disk by a plunger 16, having offsetsat its ends which engage grooves in the sides of the box, and therebyguide the plunger. A plunger rod or piston 17 extends from the plungerthrough the end ofthe box, and a spring 18, coiled around said rodbetween the plunger and the end of the box, presses the plunger towardthe disk, so as to feed the material steadily forward. The end of therod is formed into a handle 18, by which it may be withdrawn to permitthe placing of a fresh supply of material in the box and which servesalso as a stop to limit the inward movement of the plunger and preventit being forced into contact with the knives.

In order that no portion of the material being cut may escape around theedge of the cutting-disk, I provide the ribs or guards 19, which aresecured to or formed on the sides of the box and have their inner facesextended inward and downward, so as to approximately encircle the disk.The lower ends of these guards extend down into the discharge-opening inthe bottom of the box, and their bodies entirely fill the space betweenthe disk and the sides of the box, so that there is no chance for piecesof the vegetables to lodge in corners and become offensive.

Near the outer end of the driving-shaft a gear-wheel 20 is providedthereon, which meshes with a pinion 21 on the upper end of a verticalshaft 22, which is journaled in the bottom of the box and has acrank-arm 23 on its lower end. Pivotally connected to the end of saidcrank-arm is a pitman 24, which is made extensible by means of acoupling 25 and has its inner end pivotally attached to a reciprocatingknife 26. This knife 26 is mounted in and moves along Ways 27, securedon the bottom of the box, and coacts with the stationary \I-shapedknives 28, which are adjustably secured on the bottom of the box at oneside of the discharge-opening therein, so as to project partially acrossthe said opening. These knives are secured in place by means of screws29, inserted through slots 30 in the knives, so that they may be readilyadjusted to project across the discharge-opening to the desired extentand also to compensate for Wear.

In using the device cabbage or other vegetables are placed in the boxand pressed toward the rotary cutting-disk by the plunger. Power isapplied to the driving-shaft, and the knives on the cutting-disk thencut from the body of materials in front of the plunger long slices,which pass through the eccentrically-disposed slots in the disk and dropbehind the same and through the discharge-opening. The motion of thedriving-shaft is transmitted through the gear-wheel and the pinion tothe pitman, so as to reciprocate the same and the knife 26, which isthereby brought against the slices of material to push the same againstthe stationary knives 28 and through the shearing action thus createdout the slices into small pieces.

While my device is intended more especially for making kraut and slaw,it will be understood, of course, that it may be used for otherpurposessuch, for instance, as cutting up potatoes for cooking.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with the containingbox, of a driving-shaft mountedlongitudinally therein, a vertical cutting-disk on the end of the saidshaft, a reciprocating knife mounted in longitudinal ways on the bottomof the box below said disk, and intermediate gearing between said knifeand the drivingshaft.

2. The combination with the containing-box having a discharge-opening inits bottom,-of a transverse vertical rotary cutter mounted therein abovesaid opening, stationary knives mounted on the bottom of the box andprojecting across said dischargeopening, a reciprocating knife mountedon the bottom of the box and coacting with the stationary knives, anddriving-gearing common to the rotary cutter and the reciprocating knife.

3. The combination with the containing-box having a discharge-opening inits bottom, of a driving-shaft mounted longitudinally therein, avertically-disposed rotary cutting'disk on the end of said shaftdirectly over the dis charge-opening, a horizontally-disposed stationaryknife secured on the bottom of the box and projecting across thedischarge-opening, a longitudinally reciprocating knife mountedhorizontally on the bottom of the box and adapted to move across thedischargeopening, a crank-shaft mounted vertically in the bottom of thebox, gearing connecting said shaft with the driving-shaft, and a pitmanconnecting the crank-shaft with the reciprocating knife.

4. In a cutter, the combination with the box and the driving-shafttherein, of a disk on the end of the said shaft having its faceconsisting of two oppositely inclined or beveledportions and having twoeccentrically-disposed curved slots on opposite sides of its center, andknives adjustably secured on the inclined portions of the face of thedisk, the said knives having their cutting edges projecting over theslots in the disk and having their edges corresponding in outline to theoutline of the inclined portions of the disk.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM GOBLE. WVitnesses R. E. FULLER, T. J. Roenns.

